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Culture

This section of our reporting explores the culture across Canada and how this is represented within our public policy and government.

There is no single Canadian culture, but rather a rich tapestry of diverse customs and traditions that have been woven together over the centuries. Canada is home to many different ethnic groups, each with their own unique heritage. As a result, Canadian culture is constantly evolving, adapted to the ever-changing demographics of our country. Across the provinces, there are also significant regional differences in culture. In Quebec, for example, French is the predominant language and many of the customs and traditions have roots in French culture. In contrast, English Canadian culture has been heavily influenced by the British.

These differing cultural traditions help to make Canada a truly dynamic and vibrant country.

Light from the sunset hits the skyline in Toronto. Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press.
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Peter Copeland: Canada’s changing landscape is marked by opportunities

Tensions in the history of colonization and migration reflects the perennial challenge of reconciling unity with diversity, and opportunity and freedom with equality and the nurturing of community and close ties.

Peter Copeland - Posted on June 30, 2021
Chief Cadmus Delorme of Cowessess First Nation speaks during a rally in Regina on Feb. 10, 2018. Mark Taylor/The Canadian Press.
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Karen Restoule: Instead of cancelling Canada Day, we need to get to work

Cancelling Canada Day seems to be, in my view, the easy way out. And the people I know don’t take the easy way out. They face challenges with courage.

Karen Restoule - Posted on June 30, 2021
People wearing Canadian flags watch fireworks explode during the evening ceremonies of Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation, in Ottawa on July 1, 2017. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.
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Christopher Dummitt: This Canada Day, let’s cancel the cancellers

If ever there was a sign that we are spending too much time indoors away from genuine human contact, it is the idea that of all the countries in the world, Canada is the one with such an outrageous history of violence and oppression that we ought to cancel the annual national holiday.

Christopher Dummitt - Posted on June 28, 2021
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks at a news conference in Ottawa on June 14, 2021. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.
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How you feel about racism depends on where you live and who you vote for: Poll

The Angus Reid Institute poll shows that the percentage of Canadians who think diversity makes the country better is growing in lockstep with the size of Canada’s visible minority population.

Stuart Thomson - Posted on June 25, 2021
Official Languages Minister Melanie Joly rises during Question Period on Nov. 19, 2018. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.
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Howard Anglin: Bill C-32 elevates language over all other forms of diversity

The government’s proposed legislation will make the pool of potential Supreme Court justices more Laurentian and more elite.

Howard Anglin - Posted on June 23, 2021
People take part in a demonstration following a Superior Court ruling on Bill 21 on April 20, 2021. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press.
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Caroline Elliott: Quebec’s Bill 21 forgets the ‘liberal’ in liberal democracy

Cultural and religious minorities are not the only ones who should be worried about Bill 21. Anyone who believes in liberal democracy ought to vigorously oppose it, too.

Caroline Elliott - Posted on June 22, 2021
Former Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil, right, chats with Terry Paul, chief of Membertou First Nation on Nov. 24, 2016. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press.
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Karen Restoule: Empowering Indigenous entrepreneurs offers new way forward

As Canada looks to build back better in the wake of the pandemic, engaging with Indigenous entrepreneurs is good business—for the country and for reconciliation

Karen Restoule - Posted on June 14, 2021
Princeton University's Nassau Hall.
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Howard Anglin: The decline and fall of the classical education

It seems we are doomed to emulate the Romans after all, not at their height but in the centuries after the barbarians sacked their cities. Except, in our case, we’ve done the work of the barbarians ourselves.

Howard Anglin - Posted on June 11, 2021
A statue of former Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald is pictured on Parliament Hill. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
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Rudyard Griffiths: Instead of reconciliation, we are busy with pointless acts of retribution

By attempting to defenestrate from our collective memory everyone from John A. Macdonald to Egerton Ryerson to Henry Dundas we are indulging in selfish, armchair acts of empty contrition.

Rudyard Griffiths - Posted on June 11, 2021
A Greyhound bus in Whistler, B.C. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press.
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Ben Woodfinden: Canada needs to solve the problem of its own geography

Keeping Canada together means keeping it connected and overcoming the brute facts of our geography. This means transportation infrastructure plays a big role in both nation building and national preservation.

Ben Woodfinden - Posted on June 8, 2021

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